When I was in my twenties...

This morning, as I stood in the shower, washing away all the troubles of the previous day, a new trouble reared its ugly, looming head... I realised that I was beginning the very last week of my twenties. Ah the twenties, those fun, carefree days...


It got me thinking about my twenties, and resulted in this trip down memory lane. When I was in my twenties, I was the first person in my family to get a University degree. I was the first person in my family to live abroad, and it was a glorious 2 years in my absolute favourite city on the entire planet. I lived in a country where I knew no-one and no-one knew me, but I left with the most loving caring friends who still today are family to me. London life was fun, with very little to worry about and nothing to spend my money on but me, and aforementioned fun! When I was in my twenties I moved to the City of Gold and snagged a high flying job in the city. I lived on my own and had a group of amazing friends and went out partying every Friday and every Saturday night in a row, and had the energy to keep going through the week! When I was in my twenties I met some of the most influential sportspeople of our time. I met and fell in what I thought was "love" with the "man of my dreams"...which later turned out to be more of a nightmare than anything else. When I was in my twenties I took a breather from big city life and moved home to my loving and supportive family for a few months...only to move back to the city when I was mended and the lights called my name. When I was in my twenties I got the most awesome pets, including my Toy French Poodle Ozzie, who is the love of my life and my saving grace. When I was in my twenties I took a risk, took a chance, pursued the career I had never dreamed possible for myself, and made it a reality. When I was in my twenties, I lost 22kgs and found my self-confidence. When I was in my twenties, I was a regular actress on 2 of South Africa's prime time Soapies. When I was in my twenties I became a TV presenter and regular co-host of a TV programme I grew up watching. When I was in my twenties, I met and fell in what I think I know is "love" with the man of my nightmares on paper, but the man of my dreams in my heart. Sounds like a great decade, right? When I was in my twenties, I lost my whole world when I lost my mom to a brief battle with cancer.


As I go into my 30's, I can only hope that this next decade is as memorable, and that the turmoil and grief gets easier to live with. As I go into my 30's I realise all I can take with me from day to day, year to year, and decade to decade, are my memories, my love and the hope that the best is yet to come.